The
following proposals are offered to the Occupy movement,
to restore this American republic to control by its full electorate;
to free its markets for the employment and enjoyment of all workers; to
transfer control of money to its public and to establish responsible
banking; to secure homes from seizure; to assure quality education and
medical care for all; to refresh America's soil, water and air for the
health of endless generations; and to rebuild its cities toward balance
with nature: Prepare for
the Best

City
Hall is Owned by Wall StreetCurrently, Philadelphia's
real power brokers are bankers, insurance companies, real estate
developers, universities, and casinos. They dominate City
policy to protect their interests. They define the boundaries of reform.
---While surrounding Philadelphia's City Hall, Occupy Philly can raise
demands upon the City to reduce Wall Street's control, while making
City Hall serve social justice, create jobs, and heal the environment.

GREEN JOB CREATION:
Employ Philadelphians though systems of community-based
barter credits and abandoned housing transfer, to manufacture
and install residential energy efficiencies, to remove
excess paving, to install neighborhood gardens and orchards, and to
provide health services. Accept
these credits for part payment of property and sales taxes.
Foreclose abandoned factories, then transfer them to local nonprofit
organizations prepared to use them for green technologies and health
services.

PENSIONS AND SAVINGS:
Demand that the City of Philadelphia divest its pension
holdings in insurance companies and student loan banks (like Chase and
Wells Fargo), and move City accounts to community-based banks and credit
unions based in Philadelphia. Endorse a regional stock exchange.

The American people demand control of CONGRESS.
Summary eviction is imposed on any official accepting corporate bribes,
directly or indirectly.

The American people demand control of ELECTIONS.
End the Commission on Presidential Debates. End paid campaign
advertising. Enable all candidates polling 1%+ free air time
and equal debate time . Establish Proportional Representation
and Instant Runoff Voting.

The American people demand control of America's MONEY.
Issue money debt-free rather than via the Federal Reserve, in
quantities sufficient for real needs of the general public.

The American people demand control of JOBS.
Establish the Green Labor Administration (GLAD) public works program,
to employ millions rebuilding America's cities, towns, forests and
farms.

The American people demand control of EDUCATION.
Learning beneficial skills is a human right and a social
necessity. There shall be no financial impediment.

The American people demand control of LAND and FOOD.
Private property is our sacred right to use American land, not to
destroy it. When urban land is idle while Americans starve,
it shall be transferred to nonprofit farms and
orchards. Welfare to agribusiness shall end. GMOs
shall be labeled or prohibited. Ultimately, the land is the
law of the land.

The American people demand control of HOUSING.
All submerged mortgages shall be canceled, and such housing shall be
returned to evicted owners or the homeless.

The American people demand control of HEALTH CARE.
Every American shall receive the best health care, made available by
transfer of funds from military to medical purposes. Medical
schools shall be expanded to train more family doctors, and shall
respect holistic modalities. Nonprofit self-financing health co-ops
shall be permitted, to establish a national network that controls costs.

The American people demand control of TRANSPORTATION.
Federal and state funding shall shift from automobiles to railways and
bicycle paths.

The American people demand control of MEDIA.
Return public airways to non-commercial subscriber-based service.

The American people demand control of the MILITARY.
Most personnel shall be redeployed to stateside civilian service
repairing infrastructure, to defend America from rotting bridges, fuel
waste, water and air pollution, deforestation and soil loss.

The American people demand control of POLICE.
The reforms above will make policing safer and easier, because jobs
fight crime.. Require all police to receive college diplomas,
free of student debt, focused upon nonviolent conflict resolution.